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India’s NTPC invites bids for 100MW local content solar in Karnataka

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 17, 2016

India’s largest utility NTPC has invited bids from developers to set up 100MW of solar PV projects in Pavagada Solar Park in Tumkur District of Karnataka under local content rules....

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Subject Tags: NTPC , SECI , solar energy

Social Enterprise Co. Plans to Install 4,000 Solar Microgrids in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 10, 2016

Boond Engineering and Development, a social enterprise company, has announced plans to install 4,000 solar microgrids in India to serve one million people in rural areas by 2022....

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Bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 8, 2016

The days of drilling into the ground in the search for fuel may be numbered, because if Daniel Nocera has his way, it’ll just be a matter of looking for sunny skies.

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MNRE invites comments on the National Policy on RE based Mini/Micro grids draft

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 3, 2016

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited comments from stakeholders on its draft ‘National Policy for Renewable Energy based Micro and Mini Grids’.

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Fotowatio Renewable Ventures wins 100 MW power purchase agreement in reverse auction under NSM program in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 3, 2016

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has announced that it has been awarded a 100 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) in a reverse auction, conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (...

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Renewable energy surges to record levels around the world

By : sustainabilityo..., Jun 1, 2016

New solar, wind and hydropower sources were added in 2015 at the fastest rate the world has yet seen, a study says.

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CLP India plans $1 billion investment in solar energy

By : sustainabilityo..., May 31, 2016

CLP India Pvt. Ltd, one of the largest foreign investors in India’s power sector, is looking to enter the solar energy sector as part of the parent’s push to increase the share of renewables in...

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Government to unveil solar zones policy in June

By : sustainabilityo..., May 30, 2016

To encourage solar power generators and equipment manufacturers, the New and Renewable Energy Ministry will unveil a policy on solar zones that would be spread over one or more districts of a...

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Subject Tags: MNRE , solar energy

Lakshadweep inks pact for energy efficiency measures

By : sustainabilityo..., May 30, 2016

The government today said that Lakshadweep became first union territory to sign 24x7 Power for All document which chalks out plans to increase solar capacity of the region from 2.15 mw to 8.45...

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Clean energy: Tamil Nadu spinning mills turn to rooftop solar farms

By : sustainabilityo..., May 27, 2016

Looking for safer development models in renewable energy, spinning mills in the textile belt of Coimbatore and Tirupur have begun hunting for investors to fund small solar farms on the rooftops...

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